Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

Doctoral Candidate
PhD Program in Anthropology, The Graduate Center CUNY
Selected Presentations
  • Westphal D, Wong B, Wu A. (2019) Comparison of deforestation rates in protected and unprotected forests in Madagascar. Poster presentation at the 5th meeting of NEEP, Amherst.
  • Wong B, Wu A, Westphal D. (2019) Effectiveness of protected forest regions in Madagascar. Poster presentation at the 10th annual SCCS - NY, New York.
  • Zhou C, Castro de Gomez P, Westphal D. (2018) Comparison of Deforestation Rates in the Forests of Madagascar from 2000 - 2016. Poster presentation at the 9th annual SCCS - NY, New York.
  • Westphal D, Schäffler L, Kappeler P, Raaum R. (2017) Fine-scale relatedness estimates from SNP data. Podium presentation at the 3rd meeting of NEEP, New Haven.
  • Westphal D. (2017) Update on Genetic Structure and Connectivity in Two Sympatric Mouse Lemurs: a spatial conservation approach. Talk at the NYCEP seminar series, New York.
  • Westphal D. (2014) Morphological variation in sister species of mouse lemur. Poster presentation at the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Vietnam.
  • Westphal D, Mutai C, Cords M. (2013) Dominance rank and exposure to predators in wild blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). Poster presentation at the 82nd meeting of the AAPA, Knoxville.
  • Westphal D, Blomquist G. (2011) Population history at the microscale: Craniometrics of Cayo Santiago macaques. Poster presentation at the 80th meeting of the AAPA, Minneapolis.
Selected Teaching Experience
  • Human Genetics, Department of Anthropology (Hunter College, City University of New York) August 2020 - Present
  • Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology (Hunter College, City University of New York) August 2014 - Present
  • Human Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anthropology (Lehman College, City University of New York) August 2014 - Summer 2020
  • Human Origins, After School Program (Education, American Museum of Natural History) October 2014 - Present
  • Science Research Mentoring Program (Education, American Museum of Natural History) September 2014 - Present
  • Mechanisms of Evolution, After School Program (Education, American Museum of Natural History) April 2015 - May 2016
  • Introduction to Human Evolution, Department of Anthropology (Lehman College, City University of New York) January 2012 - Present
  • The Human Species Laboratory, Department of Anthropology (Hunter College, City University of New York) January 2016 - December 2016​​
Selected Research Experience
  • Primate Molecular Ecology Lab, Principal Researcher –  Andrea Baden (CUNY – Hunter College) September 2017 - Present
  • Laboratory of Human and Primate Evolutionary Genetics, Principal Researcher – Ryan Raaum (CUNY – Lehman College) October 2012 - Present
  • Laboratory for the Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology/Anthropology Unit, Principal Researcher - Peter Kappeler (German Primate Research Center) Summer 2016
  • Anthropological Genetics Laboratory, Principal Researcher – Michael Steiper (CUNY – Hunter College) August 2011- October 2012
  • Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Principal Researcher – Carol Ward (University of Missouri-Columbia) September 2009 – June 2011​
Selected Funding & Awards
  • James F. Nacey Fellowship: The Nacey Maggioncalda Foundation, 2016
  • Short Term Research Grant: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 2016
  • Doctoral Student Research Grant: The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2014
  • AGAR Student Award: American Association of Anthropological Genetics, 2014
  • NSF/NYCEP Fellowship: The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, 2011-2014
  • University Fellowship: The CUNY Graduate Center, 2011    
  • Graduate School Fellowship: University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009-2011
  • William S. Pollitzer Travel Award: American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2011
Selected Workshop Participation
  • Species Distribution Modeling for Conservation in R and Wallace, Course Directors - Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Jamie Kass, Andrea Paz, Gonzalo Pinilla Buitrago
  • Landscape Genetic Data Analysis Using R, Course Director - Rodney Dyer
  • Species Distribution Modeling Course, Course Directors - Miguel Araújo, Babak Naimi
  • Enhancing Your Course Through the Use of Open Educational Resources (OER), Course Directors - Susan Ko, Olena Zhadko, Stacy Katz, Anick Boyd​